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4c49ce96 Help: Document 'cmake -E <command>' modes in cmake.1 manual
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cmake [<options>] (<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>)
cmake [(-D<var>=<value>)...] -P <cmake-script-file>
cmake --build <dir> [<options>] [-- <build-tool-options>...]
cmake -E <command> [<options>]
cmake -E <command> [<options>...]
cmake --find-package <options>...
Description
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.. include:: OPTIONS_BUILD.txt
``-E``
CMake command mode.
For true platform independence, CMake provides a list of commands
that can be used on all systems. Run with -E help for the usage
information. Commands available are: chdir, compare_files, copy,
copy_directory, copy_if_different, echo, echo_append, env, environment,
make_directory, md5sum, remove, remove_directory, rename, sleep, tar, time,
touch, touch_nocreate. In addition, some platform specific commands
are available. On Windows: delete_regv, write_regv. On
UNIX: create_symlink.
``-E <command> [<options>...]``
See `Command-Line Tool Mode`_.
``-L[A][H]``
List non-advanced cached variables.
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.. include:: OPTIONS_HELP.txt
Command-Line Tool Mode
======================
CMake provides builtin command-line tools through the signature::
cmake -E <command> [<options>...]
Run ``cmake -E`` or ``cmake -E help`` for a summary of commands.
Available commands are:
``chdir <dir> <cmd> [<arg>...]``
Change the current working directory and run a command.
``compare_files <file1> <file2>``
Check if file1 is same as file2.
``copy <file> <destination>``
Copy file to destination (either file or directory).
``copy_directory <source> <destination>``
Copy directory 'source' content to directory 'destination'.
``copy_if_different <in-file> <out-file>``
Copy file if input has changed.
``echo [<string>...]``
Displays arguments as text.
``echo_append [<string>...]``
Displays arguments as text but no new line.
``env [--unset=NAME]... [NAME=VALUE]... COMMAND [ARG]...``
Run command in a modified environment.
``environment``
Display the current environment.
``make_directory <dir>``
Create a directory.
``md5sum [<file>...]``
Compute md5sum of files.
``remove [-f] [<file>...]``
Remove the file(s), use ``-f`` to force it.
``remove_directory <dir>``
Remove a directory and its contents.
``rename <oldname> <newname>``
Rename a file or directory (on one volume).
``sleep <number>...``
Sleep for given number of seconds.
``tar [cxt][vf][zjJ] file.tar [<options>...] [--] [<file>...]``
Create or extract a tar or zip archive. Options are:
``--``
Stop interpreting options and treat all remaining arguments
as file names even if they start in ``-``.
``--files-from=<file>``
Read file names from the given file, one per line.
Blank lines are ignored. Lines may not start in ``-``
except for ``--add-file=<name>`` to add files whose
names start in ``-``.
``--mtime=<date>``
Specify modification time recorded in tarball entries.
``time <command> [<args>...]``
Run command and return elapsed time.
``touch <file>``
Touch a file.
``touch_nocreate <file>``
Touch a file if it exists but do not create it.
UNIX-specific Command-Line Tools
--------------------------------
The following ``cmake -E`` commands are available only on UNIX:
``create_symlink <old> <new>``
Create a symbolic link ``<new>`` naming ``<old>``.
Windows-specific Command-Line Tools
-----------------------------------
The following ``cmake -E`` commands are available only on Windows:
``delete_regv <key>``
Delete Windows registry value.
``env_vs8_wince <sdkname>``
Displays a batch file which sets the environment for the provided
Windows CE SDK installed in VS2005.
``env_vs9_wince <sdkname>``
Displays a batch file which sets the environment for the provided
Windows CE SDK installed in VS2008.
``write_regv <key> <value>``
Write Windows registry value.
See Also
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